Notes
Note for: Henry Ralph Kooi, BET. 21 JUL 1888 - 1889 - 15 DEC 1956 Index
Per daughter, Coral Kooi - Feb 2001
9 brothers and 2 sisters
Obituary from MK March 2001
Kalamazoo Gazette December 15, 1956 Page 11
Rev. Henry Kooi
1211 Douglas Avenue
Passed away suddenly Saturday morning. Rev. Kooi was born July 21, 1888
in Kalamazoo and had been a lifelong resident here. He received his
training from the ministry at the Moody Bible Institute and was ordained
at the Lane Boulevard Evangelical Church. Rev Kooi had been pastor of the
Oakwood Undenominational church for 19 years and later from 1948 to 1954
of the Texas Congregational church. For the last two years he had served
as pastor at the Kalamazoo Home for the Aged. His wife, Agnes passed away
in 1940. Rev Kooi is survived by one son and one daughter, Henry Kooi,
Jr. and Mrs. Coral Nason, both of Kalamazoo; four grandchildren, James,
Marcia and Patricia Kooi and Randy Nason; five brothers, Ralph, Daniel,
David, Fred and Mack Kooi all of Kalamazoo; several nieces and nephews.
Services will be held at the Langeland Chapel. Tuesday at 1:30 o'clock.
Rev. Martin Blok and Rev. Edward Vander??est officiating. Interment
Riverside Cemetery. Friends may call the chapel.
Notes
Note for: Bert K. Kimball, 22 SEP 1871 - 4 SEP 1962 Index
KIMBALL, BERT K
birth: 09/22/1871
mother maiden name: LOYDE
died: LOS ANGELES(70)
death date: 09/04/1962
Death Certificate Transcription: # 16271
Bert Kellison Kimball d. 9/4/1962 1:38pm Male Cauc. b. 9/22/1871 Iowa
Age = 90
f. George Kimball, Illinois
m. Hattie Loyde, Ohio
Widowed
Contractor, 6years, self employed, construction
Death place: St. Francis Hospital, 3630 Imperial Hwy, Lynwood
Lived in community/state 40 years
Residence: 9640 San Juan Ave, So Gate
Informant: Mrs. Lillian Schultz, same address
Burial: 9/7/1962 Park Lawn Cemetery
Funeral Director: Pierce Bros., South Cities
Cause: Pulmonary Edema 8 hr
Myocardial Infarction 8 hr
Arteriosclerotic Heart Disease yrs
Notes
Note for: Garrett Frielink, 1 MAR 1827 - 30 JUL 1905 Index
Burial:
Place: Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, MI
Individual note:
Info from Ralph's civil war papers as to who Helen was married to.
Ralph's Civil War papers from DD and JM
Info from MK
Info from DF
1 photo from MK
[I have copy of obits from MK]
Kalamazoo Evening Telegraph Monday, July 31, 1905 Page 7
Kalamazoo Gazette Tuesday August 1, 1905 Page 8
[I have photo of headstone from DF] - Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo
Michigan
Kalamazoo Gazette Tuesday August 1, 1905 Page 8
Death Claims Old Settler
Garrett Frielink Well Known German citizen, Died Sunday Night
Here Fifty-Five Years
Age and Failing Health Compelled Him To Give Up Business
Garrett Frielink (78?) one of the best known German residents of the city
died late Sunday evening at his residence, 417 Seminary street. He had
lived in this city for 55 years with the exception of nine years spent in
Iowa. He was born in Hanover Germany March 1, 1827 and came to this
country in 1850.
In 1858 he was married to Miss Helen Nason and the year following the
couple started for Iowa, making the trip overland by an emigrant wagon.
They came back to Kalamazoo in 1868 and have resided in the city ever
since.
Until a few weeks ago, when age and failing health compelled Mr. Frielink
to give up active work, he was identified with many enterprises here and
was a most prominent citizen. He was one of the charter members of the
Bethel Baptist church and held many offices in it, being a member of the
board of trustees for several years.
The surviving relatives are his widow and nine children, William, John
Frank and Herbert all of Kalamazoo, and Harry W. of New York City, and
four daughters, Mrs. D.E. Walton of Kalamazoo, Mrs. Charles Lewis of
Augusta, Mrs. Fred L. Lewis of Delton and Mrs. Thomas Williams of
Chicago. The funeral will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from
the home, the Revs. C.G. Morse and J.S. Boyden officiating. Burial will
be in Riverside.
Kalamazoo Evening Telegraph, Monday July 31, 1905 pg 7 [mk]
Garrett Frielink, 78 years of age, died at 11:30 o'clock Sunday evening
at his home 417 Seminary street. He was born March 1, 1827, in Hanover,
Germany, coming to Kalamazoo May 7, 1850. He has resided here ever since
excepting nine years which he spent in Iowa. He made the trip to Iowa
overland in an emigrant wagon in the year 1859. The year previous to
starting on the trip to he was married to Miss Helen Nason. Mr. Frielink
was engaged in many occupations during his residence in Kalamazoo,
finally having charge of a fruit farm. For a number of years before his
death, however, failing health has curtailed his activities. He was a
charter member of the Bethel Baptist church and for many years was a
trustee of the church also held other offices in the organization. During
his younger days he was a very active Christion[sic] worker; was
identified with many movements toward reform and for the betterment of
people in general.
There survive, becides [sic] the wife, nine children, William J., John,
Frank E., and Herbert R of Kalamazoo, and Harry W. of New York city. Mrs.
Thomas Williams of Chicago; Mrs. Fred L. Lewis of Delton; Mrs. Charles
Lewis of Augusta, and Mrs. D.E. Walton of Kalamazoo. There are also 12
grandchildren, five of them residing in Kalamazoo - Marie, Lillian;
William, Victor and Grant Frielink. The funeral will be held Wednesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock from the home. The Rev. C.G. Morse and the Rev.
J.S. Boyden will officiate. Interment in Riverside.
Garrett Frielink: Book 3, pg 148
30 July 1905, age 78 years, 4 months, 30 days
Kalamazoo city
cause - chronic nephritis
birth - Germany
parents - unknown
[mk]
ancestry.com
1860 FREELINK GERRET Muscatine County IA 866 Muscatine City Federal
Population Schedule IA 1860 Federal Census Index
I have written down that this census was taken in August 1860.
pg 866, line 11 - Garrett's & Helen's birth place are both given as
Holland, but Garrett's should say Germany. William was born in Blue
Island, Cook county, IL, while his parents traveled in an overland wagon
to IA, but the census says IA. Garrett's given age 33, Helen 20, William
1.
Garrett's occupation was laborer.
cuz MK
Have 1870 Kalamazoo Michigan Census
Garrett Frelick [sic Frielink] age 42, Occupation=cant read - born Germany
Hellen age 29 Keeping house born Holland
William age 11, at school -born Iowa
Harry age 9, at school born Iowa
Mary age 6, born Iowa
Johny age 4, born Iowa
Lillie age 1, born Michigan
Facts:
Obituary 1: Kalamazoo Evening Telegraph, Kalamazoo Michigan - July 31,
1905, Pg 7
Obituary 2: Kalamazoo Gazette, Kalamazoo Michigan - Tuesday August 1,
1905, Pg 8.